Preprint servers have existed for decades, but the fight against the coronavirus has seen their use soar. They’re changing how science is done—but need important guardrails. The COVID-19 pandemic has ...

Academic publishing should focus less on the scientific manuscript and more on digital storage and access, say Mark Gerstein, a professor of biomedical informatics at Yale University, and Michael ...

Scientific communication is often overlooked when training aspiring new scientists. After all, science has a reputation for dealing in data rather than opinions or arguments. However, as the ...

In the real world, money seems like the most important variable in almost every equation, and it's the only readily available metric to compare the societal value of disparate objects. We'll be adding ...

As part of its commitment to improving transparency in scientific publishing, Open Access science company DeSci Labs has released its new novelty scores feature. This is the first time an objective ...

Scientists say that the two lost, but extremely important books by Apollonius, the Greek mathematician known to the ancient world as “The Great Geometer”, have survived in an Arabic manuscript kept ...

A new online portal created by the British Library and Qatar Foundation features 25,000 pages of medieval Arabic manuscripts centered on the history of science. Bink Hallum, Arabic Scientific ...